THE OREGON SCOUT,
JOMiS V OIIANCKV, I'ublUlierx.
UNION,
OREGON.
TO GUAItl) PUBLIC LANDS.
Important New Iliillns Concerning
Tlicm by the Comiiilaaloiicr.
Tf I. .tn f H, i,t m,.n ,nf
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tho .present practice of thnt ofllce, when
public lands within a township nro opened
to entry through the filingof plots nnd sur
vey, there was a rush of speculators and
land-grabbers who often succeeded In secur-1
ing tho best lands, to tho great injury ol j
bona fldo Bottlers. Moreover, this clans of j
persons were nblo frequently to lonrn when i
plats of survey wore to bo received in ad- j
vanco of tho settlers who wore placed at n J
(limiil vantage. To correct this tihuso asfar
ns poKtiiblt', tho conilniHsioner of tho land
otllco has issued tho following instructions
to local ind officers: !
"Hern 'tor, when nn approved plat of a
survey ol any township is transmitted to 1
you by th-i surveyor general you will not
regard mil h plat as olllciully recoivod at
nnd filed lb your oflico until tho following
regulations havo been complied with:
First You will forthwith posta riot ico In
n conspicuous place In yourolllcospocifying
tho township that hns beet surveyed, and
stating that tho plat or survey will bo filed
in vour olllro on a dav to bo fixed bv von
nnd nnined in llm notint. wlilcli hIimII Imiint
less than thirty diiys from tho date of such
notice, nnd that on and after such a day
you will be prepared to receive tho applica
tions tor entry ol lands In siicu towns.
Second You will also solid a copy of such
notice to tho postmaster of tho postolllco
nearest the hind, and a copy to each clork
of iv court of rocord in your district, with
h request that tlio samo uo conspicuously
posted in their-respecti
isted in their respectivo ofllccs.
Third You will furnish tho public press
In your district with copies of such notice
iib a matter of news.
Fourth You will give such further pub
licity of tlio mattor in answer to inquiries
(for which you will charge nofeo) and other
wise as you may do aoio to uo vmnout in
curring advertising expenses
Tlio Experiment n Success.
Experiments mudo by tho commissioner
of agriculture in the application of diffusion
and cnrbouitatlon to sorghum cano at
Ottawa, Kan., havo boon concluded. Prof.
Wiley, who had chargo of theso export
mcnts, has mado his preliminary report to
ine commisionor, irom which tlio lollowing
facts aro taken: "Tho yield of sugar from
tlio cano was more than 01) pur cent, only
J'J-Ji) ol L per cent lioing loft in waste mat
ters and exhausted chips. Tho yield of
crude sugar (that is as it comes from tho
vacuum pan) wont as high as li80 pounds
per ton, or at 12 pounds per gallon, ii.'l per
ion. miiis is lull iloulilo that or tho ordi
nary method. Tho process of carboniza
tion that is, adding a largo excess of lime
to tlio inico and thorn precipitating it with
carbonic acid was completely successful.
1 ho product obtained was lighter in color
nun more paiataiiiothan tho usual method
of defecation anil tho saving in scums by
this method is estimated to bo at least 10
percent, 'i ho ditllculties encountered were
entirely of a mechanical natuio and easily
overcome.
From Kitchen to Throno.
Wo road of poculiar things happening
in llio, ana a wibo man should bo snr-
nnseu ac notmng. j.n nito manner a
comely and modest woman hns often
found a fortune in hor fuco if sho knows
how beauty should booomo hor. To
wit: During tho troubles in tho reign
of King Charles I., a country girl enmo
up to Loudon in soareh of n pluco us
eorvunt maid ; but, not succeeding, she
applied herself to currying out beer
from a brow-houso, and was ouo of those
thon-cmlcd tub-women. Tho browor,
observing n well-looking girl in this
low ocoupntion, took her into his family
as a Borvant, and, after a while, sho bo
having with so much prudouco and do
coruin, ho married her; ho died whon
eho was yet n young womnn and loft hor
a largo fortune Tho business of tho
browory wns dropped, nnd tho young
woman was rocomniondod to Mr. Ilydo
as a gentleman of skill in tho law to
Bottle hor afl'uirs. Hj do (who wns after
ward tho grout Earl of Olnrondon), find
ing tho widow's fortune vory considera
ble, mnrried hor. Of this murringo
thoro wns no other issuo Hum a daugh
ter, who was afterward tho wifo of
Jamos II., nud mother of Mary and
Anno, Quooub of England. Land and
Water.
Southern drinkers nro reported to he abnm
uonmjf brandy ami whisky fur w.ne. ale. and
beer. They nro bc;liiiilii(; to uiidcratuud that
iroui; liquors won't do It that cllmato.
THE MARKETS.
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their sleep was death.
A Brldo and Groom Fonnd Drlng
Each Other's Arms.
A Stupor of Twenty-four Hour, Then
Dreaming Into Utcrnlty.
I)oubtlea a Murder and Sulcltle.
Lincoln Journal: When wan read In yes
i .1 i i 1 1 i i .
.1. I 'U,V morning a iHsuo ma account oi wa
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and Josio Kutcher. of this citr. nothini
could have been further from imagination,
probably, than tho sequol which we ara
called upon to lay before tho public now.
Tho nowly-mado husband and wife ar
rived horo Tuesday afternoon and took
room at the Commercial. In the ovenini
tlioy received a largo number of tholt
j friends, who wont home about half-past
' ten o'clock, leaving their host and hostcsi
In tho best of spirits, as far as nppearancci
would Indicate. Tho intention of Mr. and
1 Mrs. Whitoly was to go to St. Louis yestor
day on a bridal tour.
i xestcrday morning they did not mak
their appearance at breakfast and after it
became quito Into a boll hoy was sent up to
call them. Ho called soveral times but ro
j ccivod no response. Tho clork, Mr. John
, son, being called, assisted tho boy over tin
transom. Ho at onco discovered tho trut
stato of affairs. Whitoly and his wife wer
lying in cacti other's arms, wlnlo tlieir hear
breathing and blackened faces told that
I they were almost in tho embrace of death.
Physicians wore summoned ut once, and
n examination of tho rooms made. A
two-ounce morphine bottle, nearly empty,
was found on tho dresser, while anothef
full of morphlno was found In tho pocket
of Whitcly's pants. It was evident thai
tlio coupU wero suffering from morphin
poisoning ami steps wero taken to res us I
; inio uioiii. uncmre Jieacliley, Carter and
I'uliio worked with them all afternoon nnd
evening, but up to tho time of the presonl
writing, iu p. in., neither Have shown anjp
signs of consciousness. Tho constant
efforts of tho physicians and others wh
havo been with them has been all that ha
kept them from relapsing Into a comatoiw
condition that would speedily end iu death.
As was stated in yesterday morning
Journal, Whitoly lias boon travelling foi
tho Standard Shoe company of Jef'erson
City, Missouri. A year or so ago he foil
very sick at tlio Commercial hotel and
Miss Kutcher nursed him carolully and
attentively until ho recovered, and In
asked her to marry him a short time after
his recovery. It is said that sho refusod
unJ that he attempted at that tlmo to
poison himself with morphlno. Tho roport
was puDiisncu at tho timo but the hoto
pooplo refused to give any particulars and
iL was nusiied up.
This was oxnlained bv his friends bv rut
ing that Whitoly was accustomed to taking
morpiuuo ami had taken an overdose.
'J his explanation is also tcnaciousl
adhered to by somo of his friends, but it
peoms stratiKO that If ho was accustomed
o uhIiii: the tlnni hoshould make a mistak
tho second time, and also run the risk of
giving a largo doso to his wifo, who was not
aceusiomeil to It.
It is thought imtirobablo by the frlondt
of tho woman that sho could have desired
to commit suicide and tlio only explanation
they can give is that having become mon-
tally unsound throuuh tno iu? of tho drut
ho gave it to her with tho assurance that it
was all richt. as ho was ubcc! to It. If either
or both should recover tho mystery ma
bo cleared iiwuv. If fate should bo lesi
kind it will probably never bo uuravolled.
At U o'clock this mornlni! thorp had beo
no chaniio noticed in tlio condition of th
pationts sinco midnight.
Latuii. Special from Lincoln: At 8:30
this ovoning Mrs. whitoly breathed hor last.
after having had two sovoro spasms and
without rcuainim; consciousness. Her hus
band lingered a little longer, but a fow min
utes beforo 10 o'clock ho also passed into
tho great beyond, loavincno earthly means
of unraveling tho mystery. It is said that
Whitely's effects rovoal tho fact that lioliad
but fifty routs, anil this, coupled with the
story that ho had been discharged from th
Oniploy of tho firm he was traveling for,
furnished grounds for tho theory that tin
murder and suicido, if such it was, was com
mitted on account of his straightenod cir
ciiiustaures. This, however, is counter
acted by the statement that his folks nr
wealthy and that ho could have gotten
plenty of money for tho n skint:. It is alto
gether likely that the truth will never b
known.
NEHUASItANS AT THE CAPITAL.
Tlio U.v-Sena tor on lllah and tlio Sen
ator on liiind Tlile vom.
Washington special to tho Omaha Her
ald: "At llrst it was rather slow work
with tho Utah commission," said ex-Sena
tor I'addock of Nebraska, to-night. "Hut
with a new district attorney wo wero able
to secure convictions at Salt Lake City,
under tho ICdiiiiiuils law, and now wo have
about a dotuu Mormon olders iu jail.
l'lural marriages havo entirely ceasod In
Utah and a largo element among tho .Mor
mons is opposed to them. 1 resident
Cleveland seems to have tho courage of It! n
convictions," continued Mr, I'addock. "He
is moving slowly and cautiously and merits
the commendation of tho people."
"It suits mo," said Senator van wyckto
Secretary Lamar, while congratulating the
latter upon the campaign tlio secretary it
making against tho western laud thieves.
l our policy is proving wliat 1 havo been
charging along In the senate. Mv republi
can brethren have said that I was all
wrong and vory unjust. ou are showing
tat 1 did not say hall onough."
Said ouo gentleman to him, "I hear that
some democratic senators are complaiuiui
that tin president doemiot trout thorn with
conlulonre."
"Well, I think tho president hns good
reasons lor tiding; suspicious," said Van
Wvck. "They have forced huuio very iiueer
people on him."
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F0HEHJN LNTKLLK1ENCK.
A Copenhagen dispatch says a despornte
attempt was made at f o'clock this after
noon to iiHsassiuate Premier Kstrupp by a
youth named ItiiNmussrn. a componltor.
HHsmilHsen llrwl two shots from u revolver
. lit tht prvmirr. When in tho act of tiring
the third the xnuld-be humhmIii whh colinl
by u couple of dctw t a number of
whom luivo constantly ,wu Iu attendant
till till) hivilllrl fur aumy tlmn iu,-l .,.!,.. tn
(l(l,r member of the rublntU
ihMtUt. Tint (l-rmau putty UI the
iptMidMit In rail Uiuut Tiih. Amtiiiwt
I (MtiHlor. In imlar fur umhiIh( IU npputt.
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the matter by the ambassadors and the
action of Servia may impart a European
character to the Bulgarian question, which
the powers desiro to localize. Tho powers.
however, will not admit that it Is only a
local question.
Ocn. Do Courcey, commnndcr of the
French forces in Annam, telegrnphs from
Hanoi to the French wnr olllco thatho has
;lefented the lilack Flags in nn engagement.
The lighting wns very severe and lasted
three days. Tho enemy foiightstubboriily,
but wero completely routed. General Do
Coiircy adds that tho enemy numbered
I!, 000 men and consisted of Jtliick Flags,
Aminmitcs and deserters from the Chinese
army. Three of tho chiefs wero killed dur
ing tho engagement nnd many prisoners
were taken by tho French forces. Gen.
.laitmoul conducted the operations nguinst
the enemy which resulted in the capture of
tho strongly-fortified town of Thnumui,
one of the last and most formidable places
of resistance held by tho Ulack Flags.
The patriotic union of Dublin lias issued
a long niuniu-Mto denouncing tho Irish Na
tional lenguo fur having for flvo years em
bittered Irish homo life, coorcod individual
liberty, extorted hard-earned money from
tho people and permitted tho perpetration
of outrages. The union appeals to the
people to assort their independence of tho
knguo and maintain tho integrity of the
empire. The manifesto calls for tho elec
tors to vote against tho tyranny of I'ar
iiell and cliques of petty leaders, bankrupt
farmers and nil loungers, who form the
league and intimidate tho country.
THE IRISH NATIONAL LEAGUE.
A Communication Issued to tlio OIH
cor and iTIcmbom of Siikorilinnto
ICrancliCN.
Tho following communication has been
issued:
Tun Imsit National Leaouk op Amer
ica, Lincoln, Ni:u, To Ofllcors nnd Mem
bers of Branches: Pursuant to a resolu
tion of tho national committco of tho
league, passed at a meeting hold in Chicago
in August last, tho executive has been in
communication with Mr. I'arnell with a
view to fixing a dato of our national con
vention that would suit Mr. Parnell's con
venience, and thnt of such other delegates
as mny bo sent over to represent tho home
organization. Wo havo now tho pleasure
to inform you that tho third annual con
vention of tho Irish National lenguo of
America, to bo held in Central Music hall,
in Chicago, nn Wednesday and Thuisday,
.laniuiry 120 nud 21, ISSli, will bo attended
by Mr. i'arnell and a strong delegation of
his colleagues Wo earnestly trust that
every branch of the league will be fully rep
resented thereat. We aro approaching a
most momentous crisis iu tlio long struggle
for Ireland's national rights and no man
or woman of Irish birth or Irish blood no
(rue lover of liberty who feels sympathy
for tho depressed kindred orloveof dear old
motherland, should fail to lend a helping
hand to Hccuro that victory which seems now
on tho very eve of accomplishment. Our
people at homo aro manfully doing their
part despite every kind of coercion nnd
terrorism. Lot us do ours and show Km:
land that tho bold and manly, yet wiso
ami prudent position ol Mr. i'arnell com
mauds tho universal and hearty approval
and support of tho Irish race at homo and
abroad. All branches and societies nlllil
luted with tlio lenmio that have subscribed
regular dues for tlio current term or havo
contributed to tho parliamentary fund a
sum equivalent to tho amount of tlieir
dues, hIiuII bo entitled to representation
and tho basis of represent ution shall boas
follows: One dolegale for every fifty mem
hers in good standing; provided, however
that in country districts where tho number
of lilly inombcrs cannot bo easily reached
and number from twenty-Iivo to fifty shall
bo entitled to one delegate. As tho time is
short, lot our notion bo prompt and effec
tive. J.ot us muko this convention a credit
to our race and a inossago of fresh hope,
conrago and material support to our
kindred in Ireland in their despcrato
Hlrugglo against oppression.
I'ATUICK J'JOAN,
President
ClIAItl.KB O'KntM.Y,
Treasurer.
Roomi Wai.su,
Secretary,
THK POLITICAL AltKNA.
senator Mahono is said to havo spent
nearly $50,000 of his own money iu tin
Virginia campaign.
Tho lloston Globe is "whooniiv. on" tin
Massachusetts democracy and telling them
that II thoy will conio out and vote thev
can defeat Gov, Kobiusou.
Perhaps, after all, tho south knows as
much about the negro as tho man who
never saw ono. remarks the l'liiladelnhin
Times. This is a thrust at tho men who
aro brandishing tho gory gurmont.
Humors that Mr. Itaiulnll will bo a can
didate for speaker of tho liotibo nre doubt
loss incorrect. Ho announced sometime
ago that ho would not cuter tho race, lie
hopes to bo chairman of tlio committee ou
appropriations.
According to tho lloston Herald, section
agitation is tho greatest hindrance to the
increase of the republican party in the
south, because It tends to crowd all of ia
whito mon together in ono party, and a of
tho colored men together iu tlio other.
So far ns can bo learned tho sonnto will
consider the ptcnidcut's nominations upo,
tlieir merits, and will not oppose them oi
stilctly political grounds. Several repub
lican senators havo lately expressed them
selves to this effect.
The lloston Herald thinks there ought to
bo statu and national issues enough to
keep both parties from going to dirt Hing
ing. The Herald docs not possess a mono
poly of this thought. It is shared by the
better class of pooplo everywhere.
Tho peopto ought to be, ami no doubt
nro, thankful for the abolition of tlio Octo
ber nuisance In Ohio. Hereafter there will
bo no preliminary struggle and verdict, but
the fatos of parties will bo settled in all tin
states ou the same day. This la reform ia
the right direction.
Thuso Unfinished Cniisen.
Tlie report ol the navy hoard constituted
by order of Socrelnry Whitney to xumiu
thi .itik nnd mutei'mlx of the u u It in.hr J
emu 'Iilettgn," 1 UohUih" nud "At
lanta," and to HerUln the fair msrktt
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pro t ml by tits ci-Ury ami miiI by him
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MIL TJIOMAN RESIGNS.
The Civil Service Commissioner's l'lnce
lo he Vncnnt After Xov. 1.
Tlie Letter Wlileli I'iieil Itelwcen
Illm mul tlio l'rchldcnt.
J7ie Civil Service Commlmlontr Congratu
lated.
Civil Service Commissioner Tlioman l?as
tendered his resignation nnd it has been
accepted by the president to take effect
Nov. 1. Following is correspondence bear
ing on tho subject:
United Stati:h Civil SkiivichCommission,
Wasiiinoton, Oct. 20. Sir: Respect
fully referring to tlio conversation had
with you ns early as March 10th iu which
I expressed tho wish to bo relieved of my
duties ns member of tlio United States
civil servico commission, und also to the
upparont fact that it was not then your
pleasure to consider my request, I have
now the honor to tender my resignation
and earnestly bog an early consideration
of tho same and its ncroplnnce. Wliilo
thus making a release from so honornblo a
trust. I cksiro to iccord my (.'ratification
over the proved practicability and remedial
effectiveness ol tho form of procedure
Tried veterans in politicni wnifaro view
with amazement tlio facts, though radical,
departuro from tho familiar method of
the spoils system of distributing patron
age. Strenuous and sincere argument, and
also deliberate perversion, mark tlio op
position of different groups of antagonists
and yet it must bo conceded that the
majority of tho political leaders in either
party is iu accord with tho Pendleton law,
if its original enactment and emphatic
endorsement by subsequent congresses
wero honest legislative expressions.and not
tlio coercion ol moral cowardico by popular
sentiment nor partisan legerdemain. In
the great task of tho administrative form
which you have undertaken iu accordance
with personal and party pledges, tho poo
pie will give aid. It lias been my pleasure
within tho last two months to visit quite a
number of states and territories of tho
union and it was my good fortune to meet
many of their citizens. It is gratifying to
know that tho people confide in tho un
equivocal intention of tlio president to bus
tain the merit system of tho civil service,
They had condemned tho evils of tho
for er method. Long experience hnd
mado their knoweldgo nccurnte. They
welcomed tho inauguration of tlio nbw.
The distinctive features of tho present re
form appealed to a typically American
bentimciitwhich recommends and advances
merit. With the preciso details of tlio now
procedure tlieir acquaintance wob not so
intimate. Tho inception and maintenance
is with tlio people. I beliovo that tho fun
(liimontal idea ol civil servico reform is
characteristic of tlio American thought.
Popular hesitation over tlio acceptance of
statutory details suggests that. Of this
reform thoro was a response throughout
tho nation. Political contests assumed a
now tone. Old-time methods of corruption
wero discouraged and bossism wns grappled
with ireHli vigor. The improvement is
yet mnrked. If vicious eloments still
seek obtrusion into elections, tho chances
of their success havo been lessoned. The
reform spirit is militant nnd advances
toward complete success. Corruption by
ollienil patronage) has been removed. With
the imparting of a purer life to olllcial cir
cles, tho power of the private purse to pur
cluiBO political honors will bo less danger
ons. Public appreciation of tho fact that
this reform does not trench upon sturdy
partisanship nunc late. It was studiously
maintained that tlio civil servico wns
to be composed of men who should adjure
to certain rights of citizenship. With the
gradual but inevitable refutation of this
false view, tho outlines of reform at last
stood forth in clearness. It is a reform
which views tho civil servico ns a vast bust
iier.s agency. Its search is for the best at
tninable merit. In tho business which is
not political, it enforces no tests of party
With roiilldent trust in tho success of vour
administration, 1 am your obedient ser
vn tit. Li:itov I). TllOMAN.
To the president.
K.i:( i'tivi: Mvnkjon, Washington, Oct
"I. lion. Leioy 1). Tlioman, Civil Service
Commi.-.sioner .My Dear Sir: I linvo re
reived your letter tendering your resigna
lion as member oT the civil servico commis
sion, w liieli is iu furtherance of an inclina
tion espressed by you very soon after my
inauguration as president. I no resigna
tion thus tendered is hereby accepted to
take effect on the 1st day of Novoniber
net. I congratiiluto you upon tho fact
that iu the olllco which you havo rolin
qii'-hed you have boon able, by sincero nnd
earnest work, by steady devotion to tho
cause, to do so much in tho interest of
good government and improved political
methods. lours sincerely,
UllOVUIt Cl.UVELANU.
GRANT AND ANDY JOHNSON.
Tlie Statement of Cliiiuiiroy BT. Ilepen
I'ronounced alalerlally Fulse.
Tho statement of Chauncey M. Depew i
to the relations between Qen. Orant and
President Johnson says a New York dis
patch, has been read with great Interest by
Col. Moore, Andrew Johnson's stenographic
secretary, now cashier of the Metropolitan
bank of this city. Col. Moore says that In
ma opinion uon. urant rosted under a rad
ical misapprehension on two essential
points in Depew'a statement first, tha
trip to Mexico; second, Johnaon'i relation
to the southern aristocracy. As to tha
trip to Mexico. Col. Moore turned to his
stenographic notes, now In his possession,
of the correspondence between President
Johnson and Qen. Grant upon that sub-
jecu, aim ue snys mat these notes show
that Johnson In tendering this mission to
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.Mexico, wnatever It wns. to Uen. Grant.
stated that the latter would not be re
quired to be absent front Washington
longer than till the meeting of congress.
This Col. Moore said, effectually disposes
of this part of the story. Aa to the charge
of Johnson's association with southern
aristocracy, Cel. Moore says that from his
personal observation no man could !
freer from audi an accusation, and that he
was empiinticaiiy a man of the people, and
that his whole course iu tha whiU housn
refuted tliia charge.
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to tho bhikh whi n euiuiuiriiiK liis nuMtger
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NEWS NOTES.
It Is proposed to have a new census of
Joston taken on account of the widespread
belief thnt tho one recently taken was inac
curate.
Crop reports from parishes along the line
of the International railroad In Canada
Bhow whtat, rye, barley nnd vegetables to
be above the average; oats, slightly below
the avernce: hav. buckwheat, fruits and
tobacco poor. Frost lias damaged barley,
oats, buckwheat, fruits nnd tobacco.
At Indiannpolis a negro hostler nnmed
Harrison Tasker inveigled a German girl
named Helen Huendlend Into his room and
brutnlly outraged her. He was arrested
and taken into court for examination.
Wliilo tho case was proceeding Weinrod
Huendlend. the eirl's brother, drew a rovol
ver nnd shot Tasker in the body, the ball
penetrating the right abdominal wall and
producing a probably fatal wound.
Clark M. Seeds, a young man about 24
years of ngo, who resides just beyond the
city limits of Chicago, was arrested by
John T. Norris and lodged In jail on the
charge of attempting to wreck a train on
tlio Midland road recently. Last August
Beveral attempts were made to ditch tlio
train, nnd Seeds was suspected of being :he
cuiity party. Norris was employed to
. orkup the case by President Peabody,
and in tho guise ol an escaped convict ar
ranged with Seeds to wreck the train goini
west at S:47 Sunday morning. Detectives
were stationed on tlio track near the scone,
and alter obstructions in the shapo ol logs
across tho track had been placed in posi
tion by Norris and Seeds, and just before
the train was duo, they wero both arrested.
Seeds then, for the first time, discovered
that his confederate was an ollicer.
The special delivery feature of the poBfcnl
system fails to pay in tho smaller ofllccs.
Only ono letter of tho class was received at
Keokuk in a week. Most postmasters re
port that messengers havo not earned $2
in six days. It is thought that the special
delivery will havo to bo confined to tho free
delivery ofllccs, where substitute carriers
can be employed.
Twenty-nine indictments for unlawful co
habitation have been returned by tho fed
eral grand jury at lilackfoot, Idaho.
Near Osawkie, Kansas, a farmer and his
family wero driving homoward with a pack
age of ten pounds of powder in the wneon
His wife attempted to light a pipe, and
dropped a spark. The explosion which
followed killed tlio woman and fatally in-
lured the other three persons.
Tho entire tract of land in northern Col-
rudo owned by the Union Pacific about
ninety thousand acres, has b'cn sold to a
syndicate of cattlemen.
For fear of a nihilistic outbreak, tho czar
lias forbidden the Itussian people to cclo
brate next March tho twenty-filth anniver
sary ol the emancipation of the sens.
The international convention of land
owners held at Pesth adopted a resolution
asking the central states of Europe to com
time against tho importation ol wheat from
America and India.
Tho now railroad bridgo across the Col
orado river at Yuma, Arizona, which cost
$200,000 was totally destroyed by fire on
Saturday.
iwo hundred respectable citizens of
County Queens, Ireland, wort convicted of
boycotting, nnd ordered to find sureties for
good behavior. They elected to go to
prison instead, but tho magistrate bcsita
ied to commit them, and finally gavo thorn
iru wutui uiiio to coiifuuu the matter.
NATI0NAJL CAPITAL NOTES.
Jenks, assistant secretary of tho Interior,
bus beon assigned to have cliargo of all
matters which relate to Pnciflc railways. A
great many subjects relating to those cor.
porntions are pending. Jenks snvs. how
ever, thnt he can givo no attention to thorn
until after Nov. 1. when the most of tho
bureau roports now in preparation will bo
before him. From that duto until the
meeting of congress he will dovoto a creat
ueai oi timo to tins important subject, and
auring that time will prepare tho now regu
lations which call for detailed information
ns to the subsidy question and all matters
which pertain to the roads.
The committee of 100, recently organized
to detect and punish violations of the reg
istry and election laws, hold a public meet
ing at the chamber of commerce, which had
n mil atteniiance. Permanent organiza
tion was effected, providing for a largo mem
bership, with an initiation fee of S5, and
the same for annual dues. Tho officers and
enough other members of the association
to bring the numbor up to 100 to consti
tute an executive committee weroannoint-
cd for that purpose. It was agreed that no
partisan test lor membership should bo
applied, and that no officeholder should
servo on tho evecutive committee. Tho oh-
iect of the association is to protect tho pur
ity of tho ballot.
There is treat activity at the patent
office on the part of the companies which
are antagonistic to the Bell company, to
secure a report from the commissioner of
patents to th attorney-general which will
warrant the latter in authorizing tho use
of the name of the Uuited States in a suit
for the cancellation of the Pell patent.
Three such applications are ponding before
the commission.
Secretary Whitney hns addressed a com
munication to the commnndanls of tin
navy yards of New ork, Portsmouth,
Norfolk and Mnro Island, requesting re
ports from the heads of bureaus at tho
yards upon the results attending the np
nolntmciit of now foremen und tho organ
izing of a new force. Tho secretary Invites
the commandants to inako such observa
tions ns they mny desiro with reference to
tho elllcioncy of tho new foremen with a
view to determining whether in anv en
mistakes havo been made in the selection.
Tlio point upon which information is par
ticularly desif-ed is whethor any of the
present lorvinen linvo selected men nnt
good workmen, constituted nn inefficient
force, or have apnoarri o lie governor by
political considerntiont Mtlisr than th
interest of the yard.
Commodore J. V, Walker has hMu re-
rommlsiiloneil ns chief of the bureau of
liiivlj-Htloii and Commodore Montgomery
tit run I as eitiuf of the bureau ul oixluuiic
tu the uuvy department.
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A Vigorous Old -A pre.
Tho friends of Row Dr. James Free
man Clarke, ns well ns others, will
read the following, written by him, with
interest.
I cheerfully comply with your request
to give you a brief account of my habits
of living. I find myself .it the age ol
seventy-five still able to do a good
deal of work, and I attribute it,
under Providence, to the following
causes.
1. I am not of an anxious temper
ament; I do not worry. I am not to
any great extent annoyed by disap
pointments or failure; and it has never
disturbed mo whon I have been cen
sured, so long as I believed I was doing
richt.
2. I have a great faculty for sleep
mu'. Although able to koepnwake when
necessary without much iniurv, I
can always fall asleep anv moment
when sleep seems desirable. Tliee frag
ment s of rest are, no doubt, or great ser-
V1CU LU 111U.
3. I havo always, from cliildli
been fond of outdoor exercie. I be
gan to ride on horseback when only
about eight years old, and when a lad
I lomed Awth deltsht in all ont-nf-
door sports skating, swimminc. row-
ing and playing ball, and also indoor
athletic exercises, such as fencing, box
ing and gymnastics. Rut all those be
longed to an early period of my life.
4. l nave lew nxed habits, and nm
fond of chano. When I havo dona
anything in one way for a few times I
enjoy it ditlerently. Hut it this tend
ency has its advantages, it. on fhu
other hand, prevents me from receiv
ing tho benefit which comes from es
tablished methods of work.
i. Although when voting I smoked.
I have not used tobacco pinco 1 was
20. In half a century I have only
smoked two cigars, and those onlv be-
:auso I happened to be where the air
ivas malarious.
0. Finally. I love work, and p5tipf!-
ially brain work. My profi'SMonnl du
ties as a clergyman have been to me a
source of great happiness. Ihavealso
written several books and nuinv arti-
rles for tho press, and I believe that
chis kind of work has been beneficial
to my health.
Burned on :i Silver Tray-
The congregation of the St. John
Street Methodist church were treated
few days ago to a hot el sight,
witnessing the burning of a mortgage
bond of .$(5,000, tlie last item of debt
upon their church. The services open-
d with a fuh anthem, followed by re
sponsive reading. "Hove Thy Church,
0 God," was sung with much feelinu
by the choir. Tho minister delivered
1 short prayer, after which another
hymn was sun: previous to tho preach
ing of the sermon by the pastor, -Jio
lev. A. II. Wvatt.
After an eloquent dircourse (ho pas
tor stepped down from tlie chancel
and look from within the folds of his
vest a folded piece of manuscript.
'This," said he, "is a mortgage. Until
now i vo never seen one. Have- you
any idea what the holders of this
ould do! They could turn you out of
v'our church, but, thank Heaven, they
:an't do it now, for it is paid."
i almlv anil deliberately .Minixter
U'yatt toro the paper into jTuk, and
rumpling it up into a ball placed it on
x tray. lighting a small hi hid ho
nited his paper ball, and while the
ivholo congregation sung the doxology
the mortgage b nd of .(5,000 was
3urned into ashes. When the services
nded tho trustees assembled and held
i second cremation. They, toj, have
had personal interest in the debt, in
asmuch as the names were all signed
to tho note. I pon the same tray
tvhich had held the ashes of the mort
gage bond the note was burned, and so
nded tlie last traces of a debt once
hreatcning tho St. John Street .Meth-
Ddistchurch. Duringthesevvice many
5f tlio older members of the church
ivere moved to tears by the eloquent
and imthetio words which fell from tho
speaker's lips. Tlio ashes are now en
closed in a sealed envelope, but will
foon bo placed in a silver urn which,
ivith tho lamp, will bo enclosed in a
dass case and hung in the parlor of the
ihurch. New Haven Nows.
Where the Prince Consort Died.
London Letter in Charleston Xews.
long "timo ngo I went over the
house and came to a room which had
been religiously closed for years, ft
was opened by special order and there
ssued from it a certain hallowed odor
ivhich exhales on opening along-closed
sanctuary. Tho blinds wero drawn
and semi-darkness prevailed. Wo
drew near a tablo and my guido ex
nlainod that this was the Into Prince
Consort's room and everything was
to-day just as he left it when ho" died.
Tho dust was nearly an inch thick on
his writing desk; a half-used quill was
lyingcrosswise where it had fallen from
liis hand or its nuk; there were .-ever-al
articled about, a pu per-weight,
a book, and to tho right, near the
nbnndoned quill, a little curved
frame, and in t litis frit mo a por
trait. I think I can see it now tha
youthful Victoria painted by Winter
nutter. Her .Majesty has a sweet, fair
(ace and rosebutl mouth and lu weur.i
n tipple-green gown, the tint juit glim
riiu' through m foldn of lucf ThLi
kf tiiru wu ttUuys found by tl..' 1'iiiuu
oiuort ile, and when tliilictilii)
a us .natxl forvvtr no ono durvd lo
touch it oroveii th siiiulltt obiti t iu
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